A Black Spitting Cobra hunts baby hyrax in the granite rocks they both make home. The Hyrax give birth at the end of the rainy season and the cobras,
A Black Spitting Cobra hunts baby hyrax in the granite rocks they both make home. The Hyrax give birth at the end of the rainy season and the cobras, mambas and smaller pythons have window of a month or so to hunt the naieve young.
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Location: Ruaha National Park, Iringa, Tanzania.
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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